You can read english you can write english and you can also understand English but when it comes
to speaking well you really struggle to speak fluent english don't you so basically this lesson
is for all english learners because as a teacher i know that this is a very common problem where
english learners are very discouraged they tell me that speaking is very difficult
reading writing listening well they can manage that but speaking it seems to be quite difficult
now i have trained many students over many years and i have worked very hard to find the right way
to fix this problem so this is not gonna be a regular video i'm not here to tell you to learn
english in seven days i'm not here to tell you to read another book memorize a new word
or learn some new words no none of that these things don't really work i'm here to offer you
really practical tips and if you follow them you will see that your fluency will skyrocket because
fluent english requires you to have a separate set of skills you cannot use your skills for reading
writing and listening to speak fluent english so watch this video until the end because you
don't want to miss any of these important tips and these important skills that will help you speak
english like a native speaker so let's fix this problem
together
Okay now we're going to first understand what you are doing wrong because in order to fix a problem
you need to know what the problem is right okay so let's see why reading listening and writing does
not translate into the ability of speaking well why let's see why when you read when you write
and when you listen you have a lot of time to think about the language that you come across
let's say for example you have read a passage in a book you come across that sentence and you
can spend like five minutes thinking about the sentence structure simple past present continuous
but guess what can you do this while speaking no really speaking requires you to be prepared
with what you want to say at the time that you want to say it so you don't have the time to
think and mull over what you're gonna say so basically you cannot apply this reading skill
of analyzing the language and applying it to your speech it will not work honestly it won't work so
what does that mean it means that you have to learn a new skill to come up with sentences
promptly so what is the skill pay attention here you need to learn
how to build a database of sentences which can be used in a variety of speaking situations
let me help you understand this let's assume you want to get ready for an important event
what do you normally do well for me i would organize my outfit my shoes my makeup i do all of
this a day in advance so that i look really good for that important event correct well similarly
you need to organize your language in order to be ready for speaking in different situations
so you need to make a list of the different situations that you are going to speak in
so i'll tell you what i did when i was a college student i was learning to speak english fluently
so i would make a list of various situations that i would you know probably face in the day
so in my list uh i kind of included a situation where i spoke to my teachers to ask permission
or to give opinions so in this situation i would make a list of what sentences would i use
okay so let me think for asking permission i would need a sentence with model verbs so i would make
a list of the sentences like would you please help me with or could you go over my assignment
now let's say if i want to give an opinion what kind of sentence structures would i need
i would probably require sentence structures where i'm using the simple present tense
where i can say things like i believe that we can look at things from a different perspective
or i might say something like i think this theory is a great idea however we can in fact even when i
was in college i i did a small you know part-time job which was in sales and um i wanted to make
sure that when i sell a product i would sound like a fluent speaker so again i made my list
so i would include a lot of conditional sentences in that list and i would say something like if you
buy this we will give you a one year warranty so you see depending on the context depending
on the situation i had my list of sentence structures ready ready to speak whenever i
was called upon to do so in any situation that ensured that i was well organized well prepared
and i was ready to speak in real conversations and i did this until it became a habit until i became
fluent yes preparation of what you are going to say in typical situations is a great start
to become fluent and confident as your english becomes much better now this is a tried and
tested method believe me it definitely works prepare and organize your speech
and get ready to deliver when the time comes to actually open your mouth and speak
so what's the other mistake you are making
now the problem is that the sentence structures in texts that are used for reading and writing
are not the same style that you use when you're talking or when you're speaking
so these texts that you read or write they use formal sentence structures on the other hand
spoken english do you speak it very formally or are you more casual are you more natural
right so we need to use natural sounding phrases for example a written text would say something
like the parcel was delivered promptly too formal right but if i were to say this in spoken english
i would not use the passive voice i would say something as simple as they delivered
the parcel on time so the problem is that a lot of learners they try to use the sentence structures
those formal sentence structures in texts and reports and try to apply those in spoken english
the problem is it makes you sound unnatural you don't sound like you're fluent you sound
like you're reading out of a script so what do you do the second skill you learn to rephrase
these sentences and you have to make them sound natural so to do that what you can
do is you can make a list of phrasal verbs for smart english conversations or
you can use a more narrative style of speech when you are talking so make sure you work at
sounding natural don't sound text bookish when you sound natural you will want to speak more
and eventually you will grow in confidence as far as your speaking ability is concerned
okay now we have another reason why reading listening and writing does not help you
with speaking okay so the answer to that is the inequality between the sound and the spelling in
english yes english such a language where the sound and the spelling they don't match right
so you can be great at spelling and reading and writing which is a good thing really
but that does not help you with speaking so what is the skill you should know you should learn
speech sounds when you are able to learn all the speech sounds as opposed to the spellings
you become more confident to use the correctly pronounced words in actual conversations
in fact according to research people who learn good pronunciation through
speech sounds are more confident to speak in conversations in fact we have
a lot of videos on speech sounds and word stress that you must look up to understand this in detail
so go ahead learn speech sounds within the words and don't rely on spelling alone
good pronunciations automatically makes you confident to speak more and get more fluent
and last of all you cannot use the skill of reading listening and writing why because speaking
is not a solo activity i mean think about it you can read by yourself you can listen by yourself
you can write by yourself but speaking can you speak by yourself not a chance so what
does that mean it means that reading listening and writing keep you in your comfort zone but speaking
requires you to step out of your comfort zone and actually put your language skills to the test so
this is really a psychological issue because a lot of people tell me that they are really scared
that people will make fun of them if they make a mistake a lot of my students they get scared
they tell me that they don't know what to say because they feel like they are going to be judged
so their fear and their nervousness does not allow them to come out of the reading writing
and listening mentality but what is the skill you need to know in order to come out of this to take
care of this i would recommend that you record yourself while you were speaking and ask a friend
or a teacher like me to go through the recording after which you must re-record
yourself and correct the mistakes on which you are given feedback remember like i said
speaking is not a solo activity and preparing for speaking is not a solo activity either but when
you prepare yourself by recording what you want to say you will hear enough of yourself to actually
have the confidence to go out and speak in real conversations so go ahead record yourself and get
the confidence to speak fluently well that's it from me on this lesson on how to speak fluently
even though you are probably good at reading writing and listening right now i'm telling you
if you employ these tips and if you put them and practice them regularly you will see a stock
difference in the way you speak now versus your potential to speak fluently i'll be back with some
more lessons keep practicing and tell me how these tips have helped you take care and have a nice day